Exodus 31:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

between Me and the sons of Israel it `is' a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

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  • Gen 1:31 : 31 And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.
  • Exod 31:13 : 13 `And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it `is' a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;
  • Gen 2:2-3 : 2 and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. 3 And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.
  • Ezek 20:12 : 12 And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I `am' Jehovah their sanctifier.
  • Heb 4:10 : 10 for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.
  • Ezek 20:20 : 20 And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, `am' your God.
  • Heb 4:3-4 : 3 for we do enter into the rest -- we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest -- ;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, 4 for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh `day' thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'
  • Job 38:7 : 7 In the singing together of stars of morning, And all sons of God shout for joy,
  • Ps 104:31 : 31 The honour of Jehovah is to the age, Jehovah rejoiceth in His works,
  • Jer 32:41 : 41 and I have rejoiced over them to do them good, and have planted them in this land in truth, with all my heart, and with all My soul.

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  • Exod 31:12-16
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    12And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

    13`And thou, speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, Only, My sabbaths ye do keep, for it `is' a sign between Me and you, to your generations, to know that I, Jehovah, am sanctifying you;

    14and ye have kept the sabbath, for it `is' holy to you, he who is polluting it is certainly put to death -- for any who doeth work in it -- that person hath even been cut off from the midst of his people.

    15`Six days is work done, and in the seventh day `is' a sabbath of holy rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in the sabbath-day is certainly put to death,

    16and the sons of Israel have observed the sabbath; to keep the sabbath to their generations `is' a covenant age-during,

  • Exod 20:8-11
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    84%

    8`Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;

    9six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

    10and the seventh day `is' a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

    11for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that `is' in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.

  • Gen 2:2-4
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    2and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

    3And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

    4These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;

  • Exod 16:29-30
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    29see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each `in' his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.'

    30And the people rest on the seventh day,

  • Heb 4:3-5
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    3for we do enter into the rest -- we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest -- ;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

    4for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh `day' thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

    5and in this `place' again, `If they shall enter into My rest -- ;'

  • Exod 34:21
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    21`Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

  • Lev 23:3
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    3six days is work done, and in the seventh day `is' a sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye do no work; it `is' a sabbath to Jehovah in all your dwellings.

  • Exod 31:18
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    18And He giveth unto Moses, when He finisheth speaking with him in mount Sinai, two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written by the finger of God.

  • Ezek 20:12
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    12And also My sabbaths I have given to them, To be for a sign between Me and them, To know that I `am' Jehovah their sanctifier.

  • Ezek 20:20
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    20And My sabbaths sanctify, And they have been for a sign between Me and you, To know that I, Jehovah, `am' your God.

  • Heb 4:9-10
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    9there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God,

    10for he who did enter into his rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

  • Exod 35:2
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    2Six days is work done, and on the seventh day there is to you a holy `day', a sabbath of rest to Jehovah; any who doeth work in it is put to death;

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    12`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

  • Lev 16:31
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    31it `is' to you a sabbath of rest, and ye have humbled yourselves -- a statute age-during.

  • Deut 16:8
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    8six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day `is' a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.

  • Deut 5:12-15
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    12`Observe the day of the sabbath -- to sanctify it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;

    13six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,

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    15and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath.

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    16and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

  • Lev 23:31
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    31ye do no work -- a statute age-during to your generations in all your dwellings.

  • Exod 13:9
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    9and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

  • Exod 34:27
    70%

    27And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Write for thyself these words, for, according to the tenor of these words I have made with thee a covenant, and with Israel.'

  • Lev 24:8
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    8`On each sabbath-day he arrangeth it before Jehovah continually, from the sons of Israel -- a covenant age-during;

  • Lev 26:2
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    2`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 26:35
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  • Lev 19:30
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    30`My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I `am' Jehovah.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
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    17And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during.

  • Deut 9:11
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    11`And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, Jehovah hath given unto me the two tables of stone -- tables of the covenant,

  • Exod 12:14
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    14`And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; -- a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.

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    16and it hath been for a token on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.'

  • Gen 1:31
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    31And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth.